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Womens volleyball GWC Champs Bl ll HI The Independent Student Voice uvureview.com IflWOfl WW r' 'A' . t.j v. .. i- l i ; rj J Goodbye Testing Center? Operational costs of the Testing Center no longer included in tuition lead students to pay more to keep its doors open By Natalie Sullivan Reporter 10656971uvlink.uvu.edu As one of the few in the state of Utah, the Testing Center at UVU has been under financial strain for a number of years. Self-funded on late testing fees and other-similar fees, the Testing Center is now facing the possibility of closing its doors for good. "We are not funded by the school at all," said Adam Ninow, shift supervisor at the Testing Center. "We are attempting to get funding though the school, but we're not quite sure what's going to happen at the moment." Since funding for the Testing Center was cut by UVUSA in a committee meeting four years ago, the closing of the Testing Center is now a real possibility shown by a recent increase in late fees and decrease in hours. According to Colleen Sorensen, Testing Center administrator, it has not been able to cover costs through fees alone for the past two years. This has lead to a late fee increase from $3 to $4 last semester. However UVUSA has supported the fact that this increase in fees does not affect all students equally. In its decision of how student money is spent, UVUSA felt that since not all students use the testing center, its funding should not be included in the cost of attendance. As explained by Phil Clegg, Student Life Assistant Dean, cost of attendance at UVU is broken down into two categories: student fees and regular tuition. Although funding for the Testing Center is paid out of pocket, tests not taken in the Testing Center are included in regular tuition. According to the 2012-2013 Tuition and Fee Schedule for undergraduate residents, student fees are broken down into nine funded categories. A breakdown of the rest of student money, as Clegg further explained, is "complicated" for students to find out how much course tests will cost due to discretionary categories under broad or unspe-cific names. "You will never see, for instance, a place in the budget that says 'tests,'" Clegg said, "because that will be under some name like 'Dean's discretionary fees.'" Ninow said until further funding is secured, the Testing Center intends on being proficient in its jobs. "We've got a lot of national tests that we're trying to take on," Ninow said. "We're just trying to prove that we're useful to the school and here to take the loads off the teachers." Clegg pointed out that because of the Testing Center, "A lot of the work is taken off teachers." However, this is not the only group benefitting from its services. "Students want to have additional time", said associate professor of biology Dr. Olga Kopp. "I asked students whether they wanted the test in class or at the Testing Center and the majority of the students wanted it at the Testing Center, otherwise I would have the tests in class." Other areas the testing center has cut back is with issuing scan- trons to teachers and charging 50 cents for a paper "blue book." "Last semester students were allowed to use regular paper and I was allowed to view their scant-ron answers" Kopp said. "Now they pile up all the classes so they don't have to pay money to somebody to separate all the.scantrons, which makes sense because they don't have the money." Though Clegg argued that the policy makes it easier for teachers to grade, given that they don't have to proctor tests or handle scantrons, Kopp said the cutbacks have lead to even more difficulties for her grading. Kopp, who allows written explanations on her multiple choice tests, said, "For the first test, some students wrote explanations on the back of the scantron, so 1 had to go to the Testing Center and they gave me two piles each a foot tall J and 1 had to go one by one to find my student's scantron so 1 could grade those explanations." The Testing Center policy on scratch paper posted on the UVU website states students are required to supply their own scratch paper, only if authorized by the instructor at a maximum of five pages. It does not specificy that the only paper that can be graded will cost 50 cents. Even with an authorized blue book, Kopp said, "I have had problems this semester in which students used the blue book and they tell the students they are going to throw it in the.trash." "People there don't communicate with each other," Kopp said. "One person makes a -decision, doesn't tell the other people that are in charge of interacting with the students, so it has been a whole nightmare this semester." According to Ninow, there are a variety of petitions available for students, which act as case-by-case fee waivers. "We have a comment box that we review periodically and take into consideration when we try to adjust policies," Ninow said. According to the Testing Center and student government, there are no current petitions to evoke changes to school testing fee policy by way of large scale student voice. "People there don't communicate with each other. One person makes a decision and doesn't tell the other people that are in charge of interacting with the students, so it has been a whole nightmare this semester." DR. OLGA KOPP, Associate Professor of Biology Stiisfeiii L Jacobson leaves Canada after nearly four KraigJacobson released from Canadian custody By Nicole Shepard News Writer NicoleEShepard After nearly four months of court proceedings, Kraig Jacob-son, 26. was released from Canadian custody after pleading guilty to failing to report his firearm at a Canadian border checkpoint. Jacobson, along with his brother Kevin, traveled by motorcycle across the United States, raising awareness for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Jacobson brought a handgun as protection against wild animals as they spent most of their nights camping. When crossing the Canadian border into Ontario, Jacobson was asked if he was carrying any weapons, forgetting about the handgun he said no. At the second checkpoint Jacobson remembered the handgun and tried to report it. "I didn't declare it at the first checkpoint, but I did at he second, but it was already too late by then," Jacobson said. Jacobson was taken into custody and given the impression that pro Wolverines' new Internet The University's new wireless system is less instrusive and easier to use Josh Wartena Assistant News Editor joshua.wartenagmail.com Students came back from Thanksgiving break to a new wireless network on campus. For weeks before the break, posters were displayed with the announcement of the new network and a website to visit for more information. The website displayed, "We heard you! Clean Access and that dreaded constant Cisco login are going away!" Duke Heaton, wireless network engineer, is in charge of the new system and has been involved in the process since its commencement. He explained why the decision was made to change the university's wireless system. Heaton said that 50 percent of the calls to the IT Help Desk were related to problems with the wireless on campus, and the majority of those calls were about the CISCO Clean Access agent. He explained that the problems reported to the help desk indicated that the system was outdated and needed to be changed, especially the CISCO agent. "It CISCO has always been a pain," Heaton said. "The blue box that pops up and scans every time. It takes forever." return months of detainment. ceedings wouldn't take long. What happened was weeks of delayed court appearances and bureaucratic procedures. "They would have court dates weeks and weeks apart," Jacob-son said. "I'd have court dates where they would just set another court date." Jacobson was assigned his final court appearance for Jan. 28, 2013, over six months after his arrest on July 15, 2012. Friends "They would have court dates weeks and weeks apart. I'd have court dates where they would just set another court date." KRAIGJACOBSON The IT Department, headed by Ray Walker, Associate Vice President of Information Technology, began to investigate options and found a solution in Bradford Networks, the industry leader. "The new system automates the whole process," Heaton said. "It has you download an agent, you sign in once and then you never see it again. The new agent very non intrusive compared to CISCO" Students connect to "Wolverine-WiFi," then download the access agent and log in. After the initial login, the computer will automatically connect to"Wolverine-Secure." The new system and agent are compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Heaton said the new wireless is also much easier to use on a phone or similar device. Previously, connecting with a mobile device required registration and logging in every visit to campus. The new system has a one-time login. "Once you're associated with your device, it registers and lets you on automatically," Heaton said. The old wireless network will be active and available until the end of the semester, but students returning in Jan. will need to use the new system. Heaton said that in the first two days, 2,000 people had registered and were using the new wireless. s toma n " . i and family of Jacobson began a petition online hoping to free him from what they saw as his unjust and excessive imprisonment. A Canadian attorney specializing in border and firearm laws saw the petition online and offered to help. "1 did have to pay a lot more money for the new lawyer," Jacobson said. "We decided to plead guilty and just bargain for a shorter sentence, which I didn't even know was a possibility." Jacobson's first task was to find a way to post bail. "Bail is different in Canada than it is her&. In Canada they have to approve the person bailing you out and then you have to live with them," Jacobson said. "So, I lived with some family friends that just happened to be up there." Jacobson was released on Nov. 2 after nearly four months in Canada. During those four months, Jacobson spent his time doing service and working to sell T-shirts to earn money for his court costs. "It was really boring," Jacob-son said. "I spent a lot of time talking with friends and family online and I really liked watching 'The X-Files', because the Cana- r 1 1 WOLVERINE Wi-Fi tl !; vl i I - i 4 . t ii U ' i f ! - i VAvw.ijvu.edunctvJGrkwirelcss PH0T0 COURTESY OF KRAIG JACOBSON dian Netfiix had like nothing on it, it's pretty barren." The international media attention Jacobson received may have negatively affected how long he was detained. "They all had an impact, but it kind of backfired," Jacobson said. "When the prosecuting attorney heard that I was with a fundraiser for cancer and whatnot, he considered lessening the punishment, but because he was mentioned by name in the news he couldn't switch the requested sentencing of four to six months or it would have made him look bad. Luckily the judge saw through that." In the end Jacobson was sentenced a fine, which, combined with his legal fees, adds up to nearly $10,000. "I'll be paying that off for years to come," Jacobson said. In addition to the fine, Jacobson is never allowed to enter Canada again, though when asked if he'd ever want to go back, he said no. "I'd like to see Banff National Park, but I hear that the Montana side of it is just as pretty, so that's good enough I guess," Jacobson said. I

Womens volleyball GWC Champs Bl ll HI The Independent Student Voice uvureview.com IflWOfl WW r' 'A' . t.j v. .. i- l i ; rj J Goodbye Testing Center? Operational costs of the Testing Center no longer included in tuition lead students to pay more to keep its doors open By Natalie Sullivan Reporter 10656971uvlink.uvu.edu As one of the few in the state of Utah, the Testing Center at UVU has been under financial strain for a number of years. Self-funded on late testing fees and other-similar fees, the Testing Center is now facing the possibility of closing its doors for good. "We are not funded by the school at all," said Adam Ninow, shift supervisor at the Testing Center. "We are attempting to get funding though the school, but we're not quite sure what's going to happen at the moment." Since funding for the Testing Center was cut by UVUSA in a committee meeting four years ago, the closing of the Testing Center is now a real possibility shown by a recent increase in late fees and decrease in hours. According to Colleen Sorensen, Testing Center administrator, it has not been able to cover costs through fees alone for the past two years. This has lead to a late fee increase from $3 to $4 last semester. However UVUSA has supported the fact that this increase in fees does not affect all students equally. In its decision of how student money is spent, UVUSA felt that since not all students use the testing center, its funding should not be included in the cost of attendance. As explained by Phil Clegg, Student Life Assistant Dean, cost of attendance at UVU is broken down into two categories: student fees and regular tuition. Although funding for the Testing Center is paid out of pocket, tests not taken in the Testing Center are included in regular tuition. According to the 2012-2013 Tuition and Fee Schedule for undergraduate residents, student fees are broken down into nine funded categories. A breakdown of the rest of student money, as Clegg further explained, is "complicated" for students to find out how much course tests will cost due to discretionary categories under broad or unspe-cific names. "You will never see, for instance, a place in the budget that says 'tests,'" Clegg said, "because that will be under some name like 'Dean's discretionary fees.'" Ninow said until further funding is secured, the Testing Center intends on being proficient in its jobs. "We've got a lot of national tests that we're trying to take on," Ninow said. "We're just trying to prove that we're useful to the school and here to take the loads off the teachers." Clegg pointed out that because of the Testing Center, "A lot of the work is taken off teachers." However, this is not the only group benefitting from its services. "Students want to have additional time", said associate professor of biology Dr. Olga Kopp. "I asked students whether they wanted the test in class or at the Testing Center and the majority of the students wanted it at the Testing Center, otherwise I would have the tests in class." Other areas the testing center has cut back is with issuing scan- trons to teachers and charging 50 cents for a paper "blue book." "Last semester students were allowed to use regular paper and I was allowed to view their scant-ron answers" Kopp said. "Now they pile up all the classes so they don't have to pay money to somebody to separate all the.scantrons, which makes sense because they don't have the money." Though Clegg argued that the policy makes it easier for teachers to grade, given that they don't have to proctor tests or handle scantrons, Kopp said the cutbacks have lead to even more difficulties for her grading. Kopp, who allows written explanations on her multiple choice tests, said, "For the first test, some students wrote explanations on the back of the scantron, so 1 had to go to the Testing Center and they gave me two piles each a foot tall J and 1 had to go one by one to find my student's scantron so 1 could grade those explanations." The Testing Center policy on scratch paper posted on the UVU website states students are required to supply their own scratch paper, only if authorized by the instructor at a maximum of five pages. It does not specificy that the only paper that can be graded will cost 50 cents. Even with an authorized blue book, Kopp said, "I have had problems this semester in which students used the blue book and they tell the students they are going to throw it in the.trash." "People there don't communicate with each other," Kopp said. "One person makes a -decision, doesn't tell the other people that are in charge of interacting with the students, so it has been a whole nightmare this semester." According to Ninow, there are a variety of petitions available for students, which act as case-by-case fee waivers. "We have a comment box that we review periodically and take into consideration when we try to adjust policies," Ninow said. According to the Testing Center and student government, there are no current petitions to evoke changes to school testing fee policy by way of large scale student voice. "People there don't communicate with each other. One person makes a decision and doesn't tell the other people that are in charge of interacting with the students, so it has been a whole nightmare this semester." DR. OLGA KOPP, Associate Professor of Biology Stiisfeiii L Jacobson leaves Canada after nearly four KraigJacobson released from Canadian custody By Nicole Shepard News Writer NicoleEShepard After nearly four months of court proceedings, Kraig Jacob-son, 26. was released from Canadian custody after pleading guilty to failing to report his firearm at a Canadian border checkpoint. Jacobson, along with his brother Kevin, traveled by motorcycle across the United States, raising awareness for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Jacobson brought a handgun as protection against wild animals as they spent most of their nights camping. When crossing the Canadian border into Ontario, Jacobson was asked if he was carrying any weapons, forgetting about the handgun he said no. At the second checkpoint Jacobson remembered the handgun and tried to report it. "I didn't declare it at the first checkpoint, but I did at he second, but it was already too late by then," Jacobson said. Jacobson was taken into custody and given the impression that pro Wolverines' new Internet The University's new wireless system is less instrusive and easier to use Josh Wartena Assistant News Editor joshua.wartenagmail.com Students came back from Thanksgiving break to a new wireless network on campus. For weeks before the break, posters were displayed with the announcement of the new network and a website to visit for more information. The website displayed, "We heard you! Clean Access and that dreaded constant Cisco login are going away!" Duke Heaton, wireless network engineer, is in charge of the new system and has been involved in the process since its commencement. He explained why the decision was made to change the university's wireless system. Heaton said that 50 percent of the calls to the IT Help Desk were related to problems with the wireless on campus, and the majority of those calls were about the CISCO Clean Access agent. He explained that the problems reported to the help desk indicated that the system was outdated and needed to be changed, especially the CISCO agent. "It CISCO has always been a pain," Heaton said. "The blue box that pops up and scans every time. It takes forever." return months of detainment. ceedings wouldn't take long. What happened was weeks of delayed court appearances and bureaucratic procedures. "They would have court dates weeks and weeks apart," Jacob-son said. "I'd have court dates where they would just set another court date." Jacobson was assigned his final court appearance for Jan. 28, 2013, over six months after his arrest on July 15, 2012. Friends "They would have court dates weeks and weeks apart. I'd have court dates where they would just set another court date." KRAIGJACOBSON The IT Department, headed by Ray Walker, Associate Vice President of Information Technology, began to investigate options and found a solution in Bradford Networks, the industry leader. "The new system automates the whole process," Heaton said. "It has you download an agent, you sign in once and then you never see it again. The new agent very non intrusive compared to CISCO" Students connect to "Wolverine-WiFi," then download the access agent and log in. After the initial login, the computer will automatically connect to"Wolverine-Secure." The new system and agent are compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Heaton said the new wireless is also much easier to use on a phone or similar device. Previously, connecting with a mobile device required registration and logging in every visit to campus. The new system has a one-time login. "Once you're associated with your device, it registers and lets you on automatically," Heaton said. The old wireless network will be active and available until the end of the semester, but students returning in Jan. will need to use the new system. Heaton said that in the first two days, 2,000 people had registered and were using the new wireless. s toma n " . i and family of Jacobson began a petition online hoping to free him from what they saw as his unjust and excessive imprisonment. A Canadian attorney specializing in border and firearm laws saw the petition online and offered to help. "1 did have to pay a lot more money for the new lawyer," Jacobson said. "We decided to plead guilty and just bargain for a shorter sentence, which I didn't even know was a possibility." Jacobson's first task was to find a way to post bail. "Bail is different in Canada than it is her&. In Canada they have to approve the person bailing you out and then you have to live with them," Jacobson said. "So, I lived with some family friends that just happened to be up there." Jacobson was released on Nov. 2 after nearly four months in Canada. During those four months, Jacobson spent his time doing service and working to sell T-shirts to earn money for his court costs. "It was really boring," Jacob-son said. "I spent a lot of time talking with friends and family online and I really liked watching 'The X-Files', because the Cana- r 1 1 WOLVERINE Wi-Fi tl !; vl i I - i 4 . t ii U ' i f ! - i VAvw.ijvu.edunctvJGrkwirelcss PH0T0 COURTESY OF KRAIG JACOBSON dian Netfiix had like nothing on it, it's pretty barren." The international media attention Jacobson received may have negatively affected how long he was detained. "They all had an impact, but it kind of backfired," Jacobson said. "When the prosecuting attorney heard that I was with a fundraiser for cancer and whatnot, he considered lessening the punishment, but because he was mentioned by name in the news he couldn't switch the requested sentencing of four to six months or it would have made him look bad. Luckily the judge saw through that." In the end Jacobson was sentenced a fine, which, combined with his legal fees, adds up to nearly $10,000. "I'll be paying that off for years to come," Jacobson said. In addition to the fine, Jacobson is never allowed to enter Canada again, though when asked if he'd ever want to go back, he said no. "I'd like to see Banff National Park, but I hear that the Montana side of it is just as pretty, so that's good enough I guess," Jacobson said. I